Table 1.
Cancer incidence, deaths and prevalence by sex in Korea, 2020
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| Both sexes | Men | Women | Both sexes | Men | Women | Both sexes | Men | Women | |
| All sites | 247,952 | 130,618 | 117,334 | 82,204 | 50,817 | 31,387 | 2,276,792 | 998,948 | 1,277,844 |
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| Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx | 4,064 | 2,892 | 1,172 | 1,283 | 972 | 311 | 31,447 | 20,948 | 10,499 |
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| Esophagus | 2,748 | 2,451 | 297 | 1,564 | 1,404 | 160 | 12,684 | 11,274 | 1,410 |
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| Stomach | 26,662 | 17,869 | 8,793 | 7,510 | 4,807 | 2,703 | 330,217 | 217,881 | 112,336 |
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| Colon and rectum | 27,877 | 16,485 | 11,392 | 8,869 | 5,029 | 3,840 | 292,586 | 173,285 | 119,301 |
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| Liver | 15,152 | 11,150 | 4,002 | 10,565 | 7,812 | 2,753 | 77,958 | 58,239 | 19,719 |
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| Gallbladderb) | 7,452 | 4,012 | 3,440 | 5,192 | 2,784 | 2,408 | 26,685 | 13,770 | 12,915 |
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| Pancreas | 8,414 | 4,324 | 4,090 | 6,775 | 3,452 | 3,323 | 16,415 | 8,293 | 8,122 |
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| Larynx | 1,203 | 1,141 | 62 | 321 | 310 | 11 | 12,251 | 11,524 | 727 |
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| Lung | 28,949 | 19,657 | 9,292 | 18,673 | 13,824 | 4,849 | 111,208 | 66,240 | 44,968 |
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| Breast | 24,923 | 117 | 24,806 | 2,745 | 20 | 2,725 | 279,965 | 1,012 | 278,953 |
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| Cervix uteri | 2,998 | - | 2,998 | 810 | - | 810 | 60,467 | - | 60,467 |
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| Corpus uteri | 3,492 | - | 3,492 | 378 | - | 378 | 33,785 | - | 33,785 |
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| Ovary | 2,947 | - | 2,947 | 1,369 | - | 1,369 | 25,683 | - | 25,683 |
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| Prostate | 16,815 | 16,815 | - | 2,194 | 2,194 | - | 120,423 | 120,423 | - |
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| Testis | 361 | 361 | - | 14 | 14 | - | 4,385 | 4,385 | - |
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| Kidney | 5,946 | 4,135 | 1,811 | 1,076 | 764 | 312 | 54,652 | 36,986 | 17,666 |
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| Bladder | 4,753 | 3,826 | 927 | 1,593 | 1,235 | 358 | 41,835 | 34,085 | 7,750 |
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| Brain and CNS | 1,970 | 1,056 | 914 | 1,437 | 784 | 653 | 13,411 | 6,888 | 6,523 |
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| Thyroid | 29,180 | 7,458 | 21,722 | 365 | 128 | 237 | 489,688 | 91,546 | 398,142 |
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| Hodgkin lymphoma | 323 | 214 | 109 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 3,657 | 2,255 | 1,402 |
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| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 5,636 | 3,248 | 2,388 | 1,926 | 1,106 | 820 | 40,853 | 23,163 | 17,690 |
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| Multiple myeloma | 1,747 | 961 | 786 | 976 | 514 | 462 | 8,307 | 4,381 | 3,926 |
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| Leukemia | 3,605 | 2,020 | 1,585 | 1,825 | 1,048 | 777 | 27,157 | 15,045 | 12,112 |
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| Other and ill-defined | 20,735 | 10,426 | 10,309 | 4,696 | 2,586 | 2,110 | 161,073 | 77,325 | 83,748 |
CNS, central nervous system.
a)
Limited-duration prevalent cases on January 1, 2020. These are patients who were diagnosed between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2020 and who were alive on January 1, 2021. Multiple primary cancer cases were counted multiple times,
b)
Includes the gallbladder and other/unspecified parts of the biliary tract.